IT Enterprise Applications Manager

context recruitment; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

context recruitment is seeking an IT Enterprise Applications Manager in London, hybrid role within a well-established construction engineering business. You will lead strategy, governance, development and improvement of the enterprise applications landscape, supporting a digital transformation and M&A activity.

Reporting to Head of IT, you'll drive modernization and integration across platforms, balancing security, scalability and business objectives while managing a small team and external

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading enterprise applications in large organisations, with digital transformation and M&A integration.
• Experience with low-code/no-code platforms and workflow automation.
• Ability to standardise and modernise applications.
• Strong business process improvement and enterprise integrations knowledge.
• Experience managing technical teams, suppliers and third-party vendors.
• Excellent stakeholder management and programme delivery skills.
• Experience with Workday, UKG/Kronos, COINS ERP, Snowflake, SharePoint or similar platforms is highly advantageous.
• Experience in engineering, manufacturing, construction or project-based industries is desirable, with knowledge of ITIL, Agile or project delivery methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the enterprise applications roadmap aligned to business strategy.
• Lead governance, lifecycle management, standardisation and rationalisation.
• Drive digital transformation through low-code/no-code platforms, workflow automation and AI-enabled technologies.
• Lead application due diligence, migration and integration activities for M&A projects.
• Manage and develop a small applications team alongside external managed service providers.
• Own vendor relationships, service reviews, licensing, budgets and product roadmaps.
• Oversee enterprise applications including Workday, UKG/Kronos, COINS ERP, SharePoint, Snowflake, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Adaptive Planning, Sales Achiever CRM, Pro-Sapien and Primavera P6.
• Ensure strong application security, governance, performance, business continuity and user adoption.
• Collaborate with business leaders to improve processes, data quality and operational efficiency.

Skills

Enterprise applications

Stakeholder management

M&A integration

Low-code/no-code platforms

Digital transformation

Team management

Vendor management

Governance & compliance

Tools

Workday

UKG/Kronos

COINS ERP

SharePoint

Snowflake

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Adaptive Planning

Sales Achiever CRM

Pro-Sapien

Primavera P6

Job description

IT Enterprise Applications Manager

London (Hybrid)

£85,000 - £90,000 PA

A well-established and highly profitable construction engineering business is looking for an experienced IT Applications Manager to join its IT leadership team.

Reporting to the Head of IT, you'll lead the strategy, governance, development and continual improvement of the organisation's enterprise applications landscape, playing a key role in an ambitious digital transformation programme and supporting a significant pipeline of mergers and acquisitions.

Working alongside the IT Infrastructure Manager and IT Service Manager, you'll drive application modernisation, automation, integration and standardisation across the business, ensuring solutions remain secure, scalable and aligned with business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the enterprise applications roadmap aligned to business strategy
• Lead application governance, lifecycle management, standardisation and rationalisation
• Drive digital transformation through low-code/no-code platforms, workflow automation and AI-enabled technologies
• Lead application due diligence, migration and integration activities for M&A projects
• Manage and develop a small applications team alongside external managed service providers
• Own vendor relationships, service reviews, licensing, budgets and product roadmaps
• Oversee enterprise applications including Workday, UKG/Kronos, COINS ERP, SharePoint, Snowflake, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Adaptive Planning, Sales Achiever CRM, Pro-Sapien and Primavera P6
• Ensure strong application security, governance, performance, business continuity and user adoption
• Collaborate with business leaders to improve processes, data quality and operational efficiency

Requirements

• Proven experience managing enterprise applications within a complex organisation, ideally with experience of digital transformation and M&A integration programmes.
• Enterprise applications strategy and governance
• Low-code/no-code platforms and workflow automation
• Application standardisation and modernisation
• Business process improvement and enterprise integrations
• Managing technical teams, suppliers and third-party vendors
• Strong stakeholder management and programme delivery
• Experience with Workday, UKG/Kronos, COINS ERP, Snowflake, SharePoint or similar enterprise platforms would be highly advantageous
• Experience within engineering, manufacturing, construction or other project-based industries is desirable, along with knowledge of ITIL, Agile or project delivery methodologies

Central London - Hybrid working with 4 days per week onsite initially, reducing to 2 days after probation.